Finally saw this today, I bloody loved it! So much fun, the first half is a little slow but I didn't really care, I was enjoying the banter between the cast, everyone gets a moment to shine. The final battle was awesome, loved the way the action flowed between the characters. Only thing I wasn't too keen on was Caps costume, it didn't look all that useful for battle compared to the badass soldier look from The First Avenger.

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Um... because it hit the chest plate instead of him. Hence the metallic twang noise.

But if that was the case,any of those Shield agents wearing body armour or whatever protective covering they had wouldnt have been effected also.The arc reactor definetly gave Stark some protection as Loki just doesnt bother spearing another part of Tonys chest and throws him out the window.

Doesnt the ending of Captain America seem to imply that Howard Stark used the Tesseract as a basis for his arc reactor technology?

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Um... because it hit the chest plate instead of him. Hence the metallic twang noise.

But if that was the case,any of those Shield agents wearing body armour or whatever protective covering they had wouldnt have been effected also.The arc reactor definetly gave Stark some protection as Loki just doesnt bother spearing another part of Tonys chest and throws him out the window.

Doesnt the ending of Captain America seem to imply that Howard Stark used the Tesseract as a basis for his arc reactor technology?

This is what I took from the end of the Cap movie, that Tony Starks dad reverse engineered the tesseract and ended up with an arc reactor. I was thinking that was how it would play throughout the movie (based purely on the colour!!) but I think its pretty nice that the films tie in together like that and it makes sense then that Loki's mind control thing wouldn't work. I think generally it is brilliant how each film has some connections with the others, it really ties their universe together. The only thing I may be slightly unhappy with is the massive power difference of Cap from Stark, Thor and Hulk. Yes essentially he is just a strong man and the Avengers did a better job at showcasing his abilities but I would have preferred him to be stronger, or show some similarities to hulk given they share similar backgrounds. Whatever though, that is only a minor issue, I could have easily seen Cap play along Spiderman with the way he moved in the Avengers- shame that wont happen for a long long time!

"I put no stock in religion. By the word 'religion', I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called 'The Will of God'. Holiness is in right action and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves."

So has everybody forgotten about The Avengers now that DKR has been released? Personally I've found myself really wanting to watch this again. It is just so much fun and the action is superb, and as much as I love DKR I think I personally prefer this film.

To be honest, both The Dark Knight Rises and Avengers Assemble were brilliant films, but my heart really is in the latter. I can't see myself liking the former more than that, because when I re watched it a second time with my sister, somehow Bane didn't live up enough to my expectations this time. Of course, I can't doubt Christian Bale's acting in this film, but Avengers Assemble just felt intense, there were more cool characters to choose from, yet there was more chemistry and it was a lot funnier (although that doesn't really count considering it wasn't supposed to be funny, I just think with a group of people that have extraordinary talents like that managed to humour each other in the best possible way without being cheesy). Contrary to popular belief, it feels more difficult when there's only one superhero because you have to adapt them to fit them in the surroundings without feeling like anything is lacking, so they kind of have to compensate, which I don't think managed to give The Dark Knight Rises enough power for me to give it five stars.

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'Why would I make a movie for someone I wouldn't want to hang out with? Have you ever met a critic who you wanted to party with? I haven't.' - Kurt Wimmer, on the poor critical reception of his film Equilibrium.